Combination sash and screen door



Sept. 11,1923. 1 1,467.953

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Patented Sept. 11, 1923.

UNITED STATES JOHN DAVID SELLARS,- OF LONG IBEACHQCALIFOR'NIA.

COMBINATION SASH AND SCREEN DOOR.

Application filed September 1, 1922. Serial No. 585,702.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN DAVID SELLARS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Long Beach in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements; in Combination Sash and Screen Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a combination sash and screen door, the general object of the invention being to provide a panel for covering the screen part in cold or stormy weather, with means for lowering the panel when desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide means for holding the panel in various desired positions to regulate the size of the screened opening.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of a door constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure2 is a view of the other side thereof.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 but showing the panel in lowered position.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but showing the panel in partly lowered position.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of F 1gure 2.

Figure 6 is a section on line 66 of Figure 3.

Figure 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Fig ure 1. V

Figure 8 is a section on line 88 of Flgure 1. y

In these views 1 indicates the door which is provided with an opening 2 in its upper part which is covered by a screen 3, the joint of the screen with the door being covered by a molding strip 4. A panel 5 is adapted to close the screened opening, said panel being preferably formed of a frame carrying a transparent member 6. Guideways 7 are formed on the door, these guideways being engaged by the lugs 8 carried by the panel. I prefer to use four of these lugs, two on each side of the panel.

As shown the lugs are formed of steel and beyond the inner face of the panel sov that;

when the lugs are in the guideways' the panel will be projected beyond the face of the door so that it can slide along the same. Slots 9 are formed in the 'walls of the screened opening to receive the lugs 8 when the panel is in closed position. An inclined slot 10 is also formed in each guideway to permit the bottom lugs to pass through the guideways while the top lugs pass from the upper ends of the guideways so as to permit the panel to be entirely removed from the door. A locking bolt 11 is carried by the panel and this bolt is adapted to engage sockets 12' to hold the panel in closed position. Recesses 13 are formed in the inner part of each guideway to receive the lugs 8, these parts being so arranged that when the lugs are in engagement with these recesses the bolt 11 will engage the outer edge of the guideway and thus prevent further movement of the panel so as to hold the same in partly opened position.

From the above it will be seen that by closing the panel the door will be of solid construction so that it can be used as a storm door or an ordinary door. When ventilation is desired it is simply necessary to drop the panel to the lower part of the guideways thus leaving the entire opening free to permit air to enter. If too much air enters this opening the panel can be raised in the guideways to partly close the opening, it being held in adjusted position by means of the lugs engaging the recesses 13 and the spring bolts engaging the outer edges of the guideways. When desired the panel can be entirely removed from the door as before described.

I prefer to cover the lower part of the door by a heavy screen 14: which covers the panel when the same is lowered and thus prevents the transparent member therein from being broken.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily ap parent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A door of the class described having a screened opening therein, guideways on one face of the door, recesses formed in the inner parts of the guideways, a slidable panel for closing the opening, lugs on the panel engaging the guideways and adapted to engage recesses therein, a locking bolt for locking the panel in the opening and said bolt also engaging the outer edge of one of the guideways to hold the lugs in the recesses to hold the panel in partly open position.

2. A door having a screened opening therein, a slidable panel for closing the opening and having a transparent part therein, guideways on the door having recesses in their inner parts and slots therein, lugs on the panel engaging the guideways, a spring bolt on the panel for holding the same in the opening and also for holding the lugs in the recesses to hold the panel in partly opened position and slots in the Walls of the opening for permitting the lugs to pass through.

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In testimony whereof I 'affix my signa- 

